peeping through the Windows !!!

Good Morning, Welcome to my pic-post – today a peep through the windows ! and a popular cartoon a couple of decades ago !!

 

In the mid-1950s, while recuperating after breaking his leg, professional photographer L. B. "Jeff" Jefferies is using a wheelchair, apartment-bound in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. His rear window looks out onto a courtyard and other apartments. During an intense heat wave, he watches his neighbors, who keep their windows open to stay cool, including a traveling costume-jewelry salesman, Lars Thorwald, with his bedridden wife, Anna.  Jeff is regularly visited by his socialite girlfriend Lisa Fremont and Stella, an insurance-company nurse. One night, Jeff, alone, hears a woman scream followed by the sound of breaking glass. 

Do you have grey hair ? ~ are you above 50 years of age ? did you use Computer in mid 1980s ? ….. [did you at some point of time say – no formal education in Computers but adept in handling ?!?!] …technology keeps changing and much water has flown under the bridge since … those days - handling a computer was  considered monstrous and complicated … with specialists keying in host of commands to make it respond ? … to put it mildly, to make use of the mighty giant with hoards of data, one needed closer to a magic wand to make it respond …. It required inputting in computer language – which was more than Greek and Latin to many …. those were the days of DOS.  Then came WINDOWS 

ஜன்னல்   -  சாளரம் (ஜன்னல், யன்னல், Window) என்பது சுவரில் வெளிச்சம், காற்று உட்புக அமைப்பது ஆகும். தொடக்க காலத்தில் சுவர்களில் சிறு சதுர, நீள்வட்டத் துளைகளாகவே சாளரங்கள் அமைக்கப்பட்டன. தற்காலத்தில் நீள்சதுர சாளரங்கள் பொதுவானவை. ஆயினும் சாரளங்களை எந்த வடிவத்திலும் அமைக்கலாம். 

For centuries, to commoner, a window was an opening in a wall, door, roof, or vehicle that allows the exchange of light and may also allow the passage of sound and sometimes air. Modern windows are usually glazed or covered in some other transparent or translucent material, a sash set in a frame  in the opening; the sash and frame are also referred to as a window.  Many glazed windows may be opened, to allow ventilation, or closed to exclude inclement weather.   The English language-word window originates from the Old Norse vindauga, from vindr 'wind' and auga 'eye'.   

MS-DOS was an operating system for x86-based personal computers. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems, and was the main operating system during the 1980s -  till the arrival of the marvel called GUI (graphical User interface) (which was a repeat Q in most competitive exams and Quizzes)… the MS Windows stormed over……….. MS Windows is a series of graphical interface operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft. Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows in Nov 1985, 1985 as a graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal computer market …. 

For those older than the third para – an operating system (OS) is a collection of software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs. The operating system is an essential component of the system software in a computer system. Application programs usually require an operating system to function. For hardware functions such as input and output and memory allocation, the operating system acts as an intermediary between programs and the computer hardware. GUI was a great relief as it allowed User to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation, as opposed to text-based interfaces, typed command labels or text navigation. 

Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal computer market with over 90% market share, overtaking Mac OS ~  the most recent versions of Windows for personal computers, smartphones, server computers and embedded devices – the issue is Windows of Microsoft keeps changing !

 

Turns out that Microsoft is announcing the rollout of 24H2 not with a bang, but with a whimper. The company has officially confirmed when it plans to begin upgrading people's computers to the newest version of Windows 11. It was tucked away within a pretty standard announcement on the Microsoft website.  Windows 11 24H2 is a weird one, as it was long-rumored to arrive as "Windows 12." However, since those rumors began to circle, it seems that Microsoft didn't want to make the jump to the next level of Windows just yet.   

For ordinary mortals, the cost of Windows 12 would be beyond our means and right now we may not have to worry about the technological changes. 

Described in 2^nd para is the theme of 1954 Alfred Hitchcock mystery thriller movie ‘Rear Window’ written by John Michael Hayes based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story It Had to Be Murder.     

 

With regards – S Sampathkumar

20.9.2024